Real Estate

Psychometer: Everyone Is Talking About This University Park Home

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2011 /

This home is a real head-scratcher. 7225 Turtle Creek. On the corner of Stanford and Turtle Creek, the neighborhood is chock full of stately McMansions and charming Hansel and Gretel cottages. Then, there’s this. The home was sold in December 2010 for $960,000, list $995,000 reduced from $1,069,000. The home was remodeled and is now on…

Renter Nation: Help This Poor Family Find a Home to Rent, Richardson ISD

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2011 /

Is Dallas getting to be a city of more renters than home-owners? And why is it harder to find homes to rent than to buy? A friend,  a high-profile Dallas photographer, emailed me this very question. When it comes to finding real estate, there are more sites than stars out there where you can search for real estate.…

Enamoured on Ervay: Who Says You Can’t Own in Downtown Dallas for Less Than $225,000?

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2011 /

This is one of those rare, one-of-a-kind homes that has been published  and will probably be under contract by the time you read this post. Built in 2007, the creative art-director owners snapped up this newly constructed, loaded, two-bedroom, 1608 square foot two story townhome and immediately set to customizing and re-designing it from the…

Open House Sunday: Did Brangelina Lease This Beverly Drive Mansion During SuperBowl?

By Candy Evans / July 10, 2011 /

The rumor was rampant in Dallas Real Estate circles last winter that Angelina Jolie, Brad and all the kiddos had leased this house — 3911 Beverly Drive — for the weekend while in town for the Super Bowl.  If so, someone ought to ring up Mr. and Mrs. Pitt and tell them the place is now even…

HomeGain: Texas Realtors Getting More Optimistic About Everything Except President Obama

By Candy Evans / July 7, 2011 /

Texas Realtors are getting more optimistic. According to one of my favorite sources, HomeGain, three quarters of Texas real estate professionals and homeowners expect home prices (in Texas) to rise or stay the same in the coming six months. That’s pretty good news and the most positive they’ve been in awhile. HomeGain’s second quarter 2011 nationwide…